Vintage Bracelets

Discover exceptional vintage bracelets from the finest makers including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Tiffany, spanning the Victorian to mid-century eras with each piece vetted for quality, condition, and authenticity.  Jewelry that is more than 100 years old is typically classified as antique while the term vintage is a bit looser and generally refers to pieces made 50 years or more ago. Our curated collection features vintage gold bangles from the Victorian era with intricate enamel work to Art Deco line bracelets showcasing fancy cut diamonds set with geometric precision in platinum and gold settings. Vintage bracelets also include the Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Edwardian, Art Deco, Retro, and mid-century periods and represent decades of craftsmanship, offering collectors authenticated treasures that stand the test of time in uniqueness, rarity, value and quality. Every jewel we sell is vetted for quality, condition and authenticity. We stand behind every piece with complete documentation, relevant GIA certification, and the best return policy in the industry, a full money-back guarantee, no exceptions. 

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FAQs

What is a vintage bracelet?

Vintage bracelets are typically pre-owned or estate pieces encompassing all eras and design periods from antique Georgian pieces of the 18th century, to glamorous Art Deco rings of the 1930s and ‘40s, to modern jewels up to the turn of this century. Vintage bracelets from the Victorian, Edwardian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Retro, and mid-century periods of the 1950s and 60s offer collectors truly special pieces that are both wearable, rare and fascinating as mementos from bygone years. 

Vintage bracelets often feature exceptional quality and attention to detail missing in many mass-manufactured items today. Painstaking workmanship, quality material and original design make each vintage bracelet an object of art indicative of its specific era, aesthetic or maker.

How does Beladora verify the authenticity of a piece?

Authenticating pieces of jewelry requires more nuanced expertise. Many thousands of pieces of jewelry have passed through our hands for over 40 years from every era and every maker. This familiarity enables us to know what a piece should look and feel like and if it has the expected quality of material and workmanship, the accurate makers marks and the correct signature in all the right places. Indeed, one of the easiest ways non-experts can be fooled is to assume a designer piece of jewelry is truly by that maker as pieces by commercial manufacturers are often outright fakes or signed fraudulently by a third party. 

In practice, we first look at the front and back of a bracelet, ring or brooch, turning it over in our hands to see​ that the workmanship on ​the reverse is just ​as ​fine as the detail on the front. Using the jeweler’s important tool, the loupe, we look carefully at many different touchpoints including the precision with which the ​diamonds are mounted in their settings, the manner in which gold or platinum links are connected to each other, the quality of the azuring, a most difficult and refined aspect of metalwork, the fineness of the material and we look for ​flawless ​polish.

If we have any doubts whatsoever as to authenticity, we submit the piece to the firm itself, be it Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Verdura, David Webb and others. We also request the original bill of sale, box and papers for those items most commonly faked such as Cartier Love brackets and VCA Alhambra pieces. And just as banks know their customers, we, too, ensure we know enough about our clients to assure ourselves of their ownership and provenance. 

Our team of GIA-certified jewelry experts has such a well-regarded reputation in the international jewelry industry that we are frequently called upon to advise auction houses, appraisers and other dealers in matters of authenticity and value.